Plaintiff, Tyrice Chontez Adams, filed a pro se, in forma pauperis complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter is before the Court for screening pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A and McGore v. Wrigglesworth, 114 F.3d 601 (6th Cir. 1997), overruled on other grounds by Jones v. Bock, 549 U.S. 199 (2007). For the reasons set forth below, the action will be dismissed.

I. SUMMARY OF CLAIMS

Plaintiff, who is incarcerated at Louisville Metro Department of Corrections (LMDC), names as Defendants LMDC and, in their individual and official capacities, the following LMDC employees: Edward Wasson; Lisa Upton; Nicholes Angeleini; Armon Walker; Darrell Goodlet; Ernest Kyle; Lisa Yocum; David Pucket; Steve Flener; and M. Fresch. Plaintiff states that he filed grievances about "half done food/vegetable and finding particles of left over food, hair and other objects in our trays." He alleges that he filed a grievance about another inmate "detoxing" and causing a health hazard and asked for free medical screening due to the harsh conditions he had to endure. He states that he did not receive that physical. Plaintiff further alleges that he was denied access to view legal material to prepare for trial. He asserts: "In violation of discriminating practices and policy to create in hindsight and pursecution a decision to boost custody level and inflict charges that inmate was not convicted of in order to insure unfair and oppresive standards to deprive inmate of rightful placement of custody level." Finally, Plaintiff states: "In violation of my Eight Amendment right involving security risk's with recklessness in criminal law officer: Michael Frech deliberately put my life at risk by telling all the inmates in the dorm to assault me in an effort to maintain or restore discipline[.]"

II. ANALYSIS

When a prisoner initiates a civil action seeking redress from a governmental entity, officer, or employee, the trial court must review the complaint and dismiss the action, if the court determines that it is frivolous or malicious, fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915A(b)(1) and (2). A claim is legally frivolous when it lacks an arguable basis either in law or in fact. Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 325 (1989). The Court may, therefore, dismiss a claim as frivolous where it is based on an indisputably meritless legal theory or where the factual contentions are clearly baseless. Id. at 327. When determining whether a plaintiff has stated a claim upon which relief can be granted, the Court must construe the complaint in a light most favorable to Plaintiff and accept all of the factual allegations as true. Prater v. City of Burnside, Ky., 289 F.3d 417, 424 (6th Cir. 2002). While a reviewing court must liberally construe pro se pleadings, Boag v. MacDougall, 454 U.S. 364, 365 (1982) (per curiam), to avoid dismissal, a complaint must include "enough facts to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face." Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 570 (2007).

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